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• Liberty10 commented on Bethlehem Steel: Disposable Architecture or Iconic Landmark?
  Beautiful building with no potential investors and seems to have little use value. --- I talked to someone from city hall it if will cost the city 7k to remove all the Save Trico graffiti stickers that are on public and private property....
• jfhaber commented on Bethlehem Steel: Disposable Architecture or Iconic Landmark?
  Is this to become the next Larkin Building in WNY's legacy? What a loss to see this beautiful building come down. Would it be possible to shore and retain the facade? How many years did the Gas Works facade stand in downtown Buffalo until Health Now included it in it's new building....
• sonyactivision commented on Bethlehem Steel: Disposable Architecture or Iconic Landmark?
  The facade could be cataloged, disassembled and placed into storage. I would recommend reconstructing it in Delaware Park since the architecture is very much of the same period, style and quality. It could serve any number of purposes there. If Buffalo can lose a church building to a Georgia congregation, it can gain an important new civic monument since Lackawanna has no use for it....
• https://me.yahoo.com/a/.8QigZo5hJhFnv_XeH2GDskA534Hjoob#afdf8 commented on Donovan Make-Over: More Images
  This is a great development story, and the first time I've seen redevelopment photos of the old Donovan Building. The building has a concrete and steel frame, so it was built to last for centuries instead of being the decay it was becoming. Since I work downtown, it will be nice to pass by the construction as it transforms the block back into an urban form....
• https://me.yahoo.com/a/.8QigZo5hJhFnv_XeH2GDskA534Hjoob#afdf8 commented on Bethlehem Steel: Disposable Architecture or Iconic Landmark?
  The question "disposable architecture or iconic landmark" is a false dichotomy. The reality is that the architecture is brilliant, but the building isn't worth the investment to save it in my opinion. I will repeat this on every topic I see relating to the building: it is in a field of grass, it has no connection to an urban setting, and capital in Buffalo is better spent redeveloping the urban core in the city rather than an outpost of an industrial site from years past. Instead of pushing preservation efforts towards saving this structure, it would be best to let...